What Signals a Dog Is About to Attack?

By

Angela Chen

July 8, 2013 6:59 p.m. ET

Nearly 5 million dog bites occur in the U.S. each year, according to the American Humane Association. Dog trainer Victoria Stilwell says most dog attacks are "perfect storms of human failure that could have been prevented." So how can you tell doggy playfulness from a prelude to an attack? Ms. Stilwell, chief executive of Atlanta-based Victoria Stilwell Positively Dog Training and host of Animal Planet show "It's Me or the Dog," offers some advice on how to read dog behavior to avoid an attack on a person or...